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NCAA set to scrap full shields

QMI Agency, May 4 2012

It might seem like a backward move, but the NCAA is poised to scrap full face shields in favour of three-quarter visors.

The NCAA hockey rules committee will recommend the change at a meeting in Indianapolis next month, according to College Hockey News.

The committee admits the move will result in more facial cuts and lost teeth but it thinks the game will be safer in other ways.

There is a belief that full shields impair peripheral and up-and-down vision, creating unsafe conditions, the publication reported. It is not uncommon for a player to lose sight of the puck at his feet and have to look down to locate it, leaving him open to a headshot.

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